Weird-eyed Strawberry Squid

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Weird-eyed Strawberry Squid

Post by Dragon Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:22 pm

On a recent deep dive into the twilight zone, a submersible hundreds of feet underwater filmed an unusual fruit-colored creature: a bright-red strawberry squid with eerie eyes — one small and black and the other large, bulbous and yellow.

Oblivious to the video camera, the strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) cruised through its dark ocean home, occasionally twisting and curling its eight arms and two tentacles as its ghostly white fins rippled.

The strawberry squid's mantle (the body, not including the eyes or appendages) can reach up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) long.

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Re: Weird-eyed Strawberry Squid

Post by Dragon Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:23 pm

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The ROV Doc Ricketts took video footage of a strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis) in Monterey Canyon off the coast of California.

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Re: Weird-eyed Strawberry Squid

Post by Dragon Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:24 pm

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Strawberry squid, however, aren't born cockeyed. Rather, H. heteropsis hatchlings are born with two identically-sized eyes.

As they develop into juveniles, the left eye surges in size, and by adulthood the left eye can be more than double the size of the right eye, MBARI reported.

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